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Kirbo and the Forgotten Lands is the first Pink Puffball game I've ever really gotten in to, so the transition to 3D wasn't really that big of a deal for me.

Ultimately the game is very fun, but nothing overly special. Comparing it to 3D world is pretty apt, though I feel 3D world did a better job at keeping levels fresh with a bunch of gimmicks and unique locations. Kirby switches between fun locations like malls and theme parks, but also has a bunch of levels that are just generic video game worlds in desert land, ice land, water land etc.

It has a much smaller amount of copy abilities than I was expecting, but at least they can be upgraded multiple times to keep things fresh. The mouthful mode was fine, but for the most part it seemed overused and only for the most basic of basic puzzles. I preferred the traversal ones like the car, rollercoaster and flying for the sake of switching up to a faster paced gameplay compared to "Get a mouthful of water and shoot at the gooey stuff".

The last boss is absolutely wild with how you take it down. One of the most memorable final boss cutscenes ever.

The game also has a fairly challenging postgame which was nice. It basically takes another page of 3D worlds book by reusing old levels and bosses and essentially making it "hard mode". A tiny bit grindy if you're going for 100% thanks to the gotcha capsules though.

Reviewed on Mar 31, 2022


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